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Depression and anxiety are linked to happiness and there’s plenty that can be done from a young age

August 14, 2014 By Kathryn 19 Comments

In the last blog, I talked about the World Happiness Report 2013 and began to explore the links between mental health and happiness. I want to explore this in furtherContinue Reading

Filed Under: Brain Nutrition, Depression, Exercise, Health, iFred, Inspiration, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Meditation, Suicide Prevention, Teens, Uncategorized, Youth Tagged With: children, depression, finding hope, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, international depression blog, Jagannath Lamichhane, mental health, suicide prevention, teach hope

The Concept of “Mental (In)capacity” can never be a basis to deprive people with psychosocial disabilities and mental health problems of “legal capacity”

May 5, 2014 By Kathryn 1 Comment

by Jagannath Lamichhane Last week, I came across a Facebook post of a dear friend, which moved me to tears. Gabor Gombos, a former United Nations member of the CommitteeContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Movement for Global Mental Health Tagged With: depression advocacy, eradicate stigma, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred blog, international depression blog, International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression, Jagannath Lamichane, Shine a Light on Depression, suicide prevention, teach hope

Why the Global Movement for Mental Health? Time to Join.

April 17, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Countries in crisis are a breeding ground for ill health. The social, political and economic conditions harbored by crises – from Tsunamis and earthquakes to conflicts – make countries ripeContinue Reading

Filed Under: Celebrities, Depression, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health Tagged With: depression, depression advocacy, depression awareness, eradicate stigma, global movement for mental, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, international depression blog, mental health, mental health advocacy, rebranding depression, suicide prevention, teach hope

Global Mental Health: Medical versus Social Approaches to Treatment and Social Change

March 18, 2014 By Cassie Leave a Comment

It has been just six years since the Movement for Global Mental Health took off on October 8, 2008. In that time, the Movement has sought to create a platformContinue Reading

Filed Under: Health, iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Tips and Tools Tagged With: Centre for Global Mental Health, Decolonising global mental health: The psychiatrization of the majority world, depression, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, medical approach to mental health, movement for global mental health, social approach to mental health, suicide prevention, teach hope, Vikram Patel

INTERNATONAL COMMUNITY MUST SHOW MORAL SOLIDARITY TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

March 4, 2014 By Cassie Leave a Comment

Jagannath Lamichhane In my last blog post, I had briefly mentioned the need for international moral solidarity as a first step in addressing mental health related suffering in developing countries.Continue Reading

Filed Under: iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Suicide Prevention Tagged With: hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, human rights, human rights and mental illness, iFred, Jagannath Lamichhane, moral solidarity, movement for global mental health, suicide prevention, teach hope

The British Parliament Inquiry for Disability and Development is a lesson for governments around the world

February 20, 2014 By Cassie Leave a Comment

-Jagannath Lamichhane Recently, the British Government conducted a parliamentary inquiry on disability and development. As part of the inquiry, leading academic institutions, researchers, disabled peoples organizations (DPOs) and civil society organizationsContinue Reading

Filed Under: Education, iFred, Jagannath Lamichhane Tagged With: Center for Global Mental Health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, Nepal Mental Health Foundation, suicide prevention, teach hope, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities-2006